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Homemade Tomato -Ketchup! All natural, no preservatives

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My children are absolute fans of tomato ketchup, and I am a bigger fan than them. we love it with everything - French Fries, Toast, Paranthas, dosas, upma, poha. Everything in our home is jazzed up with a bit of tomato ketchup. Normally we buy our ketchup at the store, but I stumbled upon this recipe for tomato ketchup and decided to try it out. I stuck to the recipe mostly, but reduced the amount of red chillies and left out the sodium benzoate as I did not want to add any preservatives  to something I making at home. I do not have a blanket ban on all artificial food as in I do allow my kids to have sweets, candies, sodas, maggi within reason, but if I am taking the trouble of making something from scratch then I want to make something that is healthier for them. Ingredients 2.5 kg Tomatoes 12 cloves garlic 4 dry red chillies deseeded 1/2 cup vinegar 2 inch ginger 1 tbsp salt 6 tbsp sugar Dice tomatoes finely and add them to a heavy bottomed and